![Copa Airlines hit with fines over US-Venezuela flights](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/copa-airlines-737.jpg)
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has fined Panamanian flag carrier Copa Airlines $450,000 USD for violation of a transport embargo between the US and Venezuela.
![China, US open doors to respective carriers](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/airbus-a330-300-china-southern.jpg)
The US Department of Transport (DOT) has backed off on a proposed ban against Chinese carriers travelling to the US, approving up to four flights per week from mainland China. While the Trump administration first banned entry into the US by Chinese nationals in early February, it only recently threatened to halt incoming flights by
![American Airlines and Qantas alliance given final approval](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/777-300ER_N730AN_SYDNEY_14MAY2016_SETH-JAWORSKI-1.jpg)
American Airlines and Qantas are finally able to forge an expanded alliance more than four years after first announcing plans to work closer together on trans-Pacific routes.
![US government gives tentative approval for Qantas-American JV](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/777-300ER_N730AN_SYDNEY_14MAY2016_SETH-JAWORSKI-1.jpg)
The United States government has granted American Airlines and Qantas "tentative approval" to form a joint-venture alliance on trans-Pacific routes with anti-trust immunity.
![US Transportation Secretary calls for audit into Boeing 737 MAX certification](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/71208_faamaxflighttests_1july_.jpg)
US Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao has asked for an audit of the Boeing 737 MAX certification process with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
![American, Qantas hoping for prompt approval of proposed alliance](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AA83_N814AA_25JUN2016_AKLFACEBOOK_5.jpg)
American Airlines and Qantas have called on the US to "promptly approve" its proposed joint-venture alliance on trans-Pacific routes.